Mozart wrote three of his finest piano concertos, nos 23, 24 and 25, in a single year. Beauty, passion and grace combine as the piano engages in an intimate dialogue with the orchestra. Watching a ...
Copy of a portrait of Mozart from 1777 by Padre Martini of Bologna. The summer of 1791 saw Mozart hard at work on not one, but two operas. The Magic Flute was mostly complete by July when it was ...
Mozart’s haunting ‘Lacrimosa’ from his famous Requiem, written in 1791 as the composer himself was in ailing health. The Requiem had been commissioned by an anonymous figure, and as Mozart’s health ...
Hans Otte’s “Book of Sounds,” Jan Lisiecki’s fresh take on Mozart piano concertos and the works of an overlooked composer are among our selections. A primer on medieval chants, minimalist opera and ...
Mercury orchestra will perform four pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, including two piano concertos and two symphonies Oct. 4, 8 p.m., in University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Bayou Theater, 2700 Bay ...
After a nearly four-year hiatus, ProMusica’s Chamber Orchestra returns its “NAKED CLASSICS” program to the Southern Theatre stage. Located at 21 E. Main St. and hosted by composer Paul Rissmann, the ...
Family ties in classical music can run pretty deep. There are the Bachs, of course, father and sons, and the brothers Haydn, then that dynasty of the masters of the waltz, the family Strauss, and, of ...
Mozart choral works, a pairing of Dvorak and Carlos Simon and piano music by Philip Glass are among our selections. A newly found notebook documenting the composer’s lessons with a student includes ...